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SIGNORELLI v. POTTER

Docket No. L.A. 23253.

43 Cal.2d 541 (1954)

275 P.2d 449

ALFRED SIGNORELLI et al., Respondents, v. JAMES L. POTTER et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 26, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conron, Heard & James and Calvin H. Conron for Appellants.

Edward J. Trevey for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiffs brought this action to recover damages for the destruction of their personal property in an explosion and fire allegedly caused by defendants' negligence in filling plaintiffs' butane storage tank. Defendants alleged that plaintiffs were contributively negligent in maintaining the tank within dangerous proximity of a stove and hot water heater with a pilot light. The court, sitting without a jury,...

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